I am not a big enough war film fan to appreciate this.

Rating: 4/10 (6 June 2013)

THE LONGEST DAY
The longest movie more like!
Now, to be honest I am not a huge war movie fan. There have been some great war movies... but in generally I find them all the same. Unfortunately, this one didn't really stand out for me. I was bored through some of it. It just felt like another old war movie. I know it did well when it first came out... it was nominated for 5 Oscars I believe.
The acting was good by everyone... there is a very impressive cast list for this movie. I loved the actors in this film and am happy to have seen them all in one movie. The film stars far too many people to list, but the big names are... Richard Burton, Sean Connery, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Roddy McDowall, Leslie Phillips, George Segal, Rod Steiger & Robert Wagner. Very impressive.
The actual fighting scenes were pretty good, but being a war movie, that was pretty much it. There were a few parts of the movie that I thought were great... I loved the idea of them dropping little fake soldiers out of planes just to distract the Germans so they could attack from behind. There were also other parts that I really liked.
The film is on for so long too... the movie goes on for 3 hours, and it definitely felt like it.
I will give this film 4 out of 10.
I do understand why this is a classic, but it is not for me i'm afraid. This film is made for war movie fans.
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